REGULAR MEETING
Board of Trustees
Crane Independent School District
Thursday, December 09, 2004
The Board of Trustees of the Crane
Independent School District met on
Thursday, December 09, 2004 in regular session with the following members present:
| Tommy Bishop, President | Manuel Cadena |
| Sid Frymire, Vice-President | Jerry Smith |
| Administrators Present were: | |
| Larry Lee, Superintendent | Ken Eudy, Business Manager |
| Stacy Jones, HS Principal | Randy Doege, Athletic Director |
| Alan Swinford, Director of Physical Services | Jimmy Heath, Technology Director |
Other Guests were: |
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| Mike Oliphant, C.P.A. | Van Dodd | Sally Dodd |
| Meredith Fish | Michelle Anderson | Mary Schul |
| Terry Schul | Melinda Doege | Henry Anderson |
| Nell Anderson | Coby Owen | Randy Tankersley |
| Stephanie Tankersley | Stevie Tankersley | Kaleigh Tankersley |
| Gary Jones | Joy Jones | Naldo Esparza |
| Kristin Hoffman | Melanie Elkins | Jodie Lopez |
| Gary Harvey | Deborah Phipps | Tana DeGraffenreid |
| Toy Eaton | Jennifer Williams | Anna Valdez |
| Sabrina Casey |
Item 1 Mr. Bishop, Board President, called the
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all.
Item 2 Visitors were recognized.
Item 3 Public Forum.
MS Counselor Van Dodd addressed the
board concerning school colors, mascot,
maintenance of tradition, athletic
discipline policies, Early Separation Incentive
program, teacher certification and
extra-curricular/ academic conflicts.
Local citizen Terri Schul expressed
appreciation for improvements in the girls athletic
program and praised our present coaching
staff.
MS Teacher Toy Eaton then addressed the
board concerning school colors and
athletic discipline policies.
Item 4 Consider/Approve Annual Audit Report.
Crane ISD auditor Mike Oliphant, C.P.A.
presented the 2003-2004 financial audit.
Sid Frymire moved, seconded by Jerry
Smith, to approve the 2003-2004 annual
audit report as presented by Mike
Oliphant. Adopted unanimously.
Item 5 Consider/Approve Attendance Committees for
2004-2005 School Year.
Superintendent Lee requested that the
following staff be placed on the 2004-2005
Attendance Committees:
| Elementary
Carlin Grammer |
Middle
School Ted Hallford Van Dodd Anna Valdez Ronnie Casey Alicia Dominquez |
High School Stacy Jones Kellie Kiker Keith Martin Luisa Turner Judy Wisener |
Jerry Smith moved, seconded by Manuel
Cadena, to accept Superintendent Lee's
2004-2005 Attendance Committee
recommendation as presented. Adopted unanimously.
Item 6 Consider/Approve Textbook Committees for
2004-2005 School Year.
Superintendent Lee requested that the
following staff be placed on the 2004-2005
Textbook Committees:
| Health Education Grades 1-12 Gary Jones HS Ronnie Casey MS Laurie Harrelson Elem. |
Physical Education Barry Beverly Elem. Felix Chavez MS Joey Rawls HS |
Fine Arts Pam Lee Elem. Debra Todd Elem. Louise Parker Elem. Toy Eaton MS Jason Brents MS Michelle Anderson 6-12 Daniel Todd HS Richard Hugendubler HS |
Manuel Cadena moved, seconded by Jerry
Smith, to accept Superintendent Lee's
2004-2005 Textbook Committee
recommendation a
Item 7 Review Update 74 (Legal) Policies and act
upon Update 74 (local) Policies.
Superintendent Lee explained a new legal
update from TASB. Sid Frymire moved,
seconded by Manuel Cadena, to add, revise or delete Local policies as
recommended by TASB Policy Service and according to the Instruction Sheet for
TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 74.
Adopted unanimously.
Item 8 Consider/Approve Budget Amendments.
Superintendent Lee requested that the
board consider moving $3,300 budgeted
contingency expense funds to the Nurse's
supply budget in order to purchase two
emergency defibrillators which will be
placed in strategic locations throughout the
district. Jerry Smith moved, seconded by Sid Frymire, to approve the
$3,300 budget
amendment as presented.
Adopted unanimously.
Item 9 Consider/Approve Vehicle Purchase.
No action
taken.
Item 10 Administrative Reports
a.
Personnel. Superintendent Lee
reported that our Middle School won the recent
UIL district meet in Alpine. The Elementary competed for the first time
in the same
meet and received 3rd place.
Our local Security State Bank gave 4
classroom grants to teachers Judy Wisener,
Stephanie Tankersley, Linda Snyder and
Patricia Fuentes based on needs essays they had written.
Superintendent Lee reported that he and
Jeff Tinnell had been working on a plan to
solve our School Annual's financial
problems. The best solutions at this
time appear to
be:
doing away with the all-color book and
having two separate yearbooks: a
High
School only and an Elem/ MS.
b.
Superintendent Evaluation. Since
three board members were absent, this
discussion was postponed.
Item 11 Consider / approve consent agenda to
include:
a. Minutes of previous
meeting(s).
b. Finance report and current
bills.
Sid Frymire moved, seconded by Jerry
Smith, to approve the consent agenda as
presented.
Adopted unanimously.
Item 12 Jerry Smith moved,
seconded by Sid Frymire, to adjourn the meeting.
Adopted
unanimously. Time: 7:40 p.m.